Submitted by Melanie Fricke on Friday, June 01, 2012
Our local owners on Long Island are preparing to wow as many as 4,500 business leaders this week at the island’s biggest trade show.
The occasion is the HIA-LI (formerly the Hauppauge Industrial Association) 24th Annual Business Trade Show and Conference. The centerpiece of the group’s display is...
Submitted by Melanie Fricke on Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Beth Burnside and team turn technology tar pit into a smoothly running machine
LuAnn Gossett used to consider computers a necessary evil.
As administrative assistant for the Mental Health Association of Northwestern PA, Gossett spent about 30% of her time troubleshooting computer problems in the...
Submitted by Melanie Fricke on Thursday, April 26, 2012
CMIT is nation’s first MSP to offer patch management service that small businesses need
These days, the viruses and malware that can cripple business computer systems hitch rides on tools virtually every business uses: Adobe PDF and Flash files and JavaScript on websites.
That’s in part because...
Submitted by Melanie Fricke on Thursday, February 23, 2012
Cybercriminals, hacktivists, malware on the rise -- and targeting smart phones, tablets
Nowadays, professionals in every line of business are using their personal devices — laptops, smart phones, tablets — for work.The phenomenon is often called BYOD — Bring Your Own Device. It was inevitable, when...
Submitted by Melanie Fricke on Wednesday, November 30, 2011
CMIT Solutions’ cloud computing services, available now to small businesses, save time, money
If you’re a small business owner, pretty soon now (if not already), you’re going to be knee-deep in the cloud.Cloud computing, that is: how to harness it, how much it costs, how much you should invest in...
Submitted by Melanie Fricke on Wednesday, November 16, 2011
The Monarch School of New England, which serves children with special needs, had about 24 aging computers at its Rochester, N.H. campus, ranging from seven to 10 years old. Crashes were common, Internet service was spotty and software was years out of date. Worst of all, children with learning...